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E.

I’ve forgot what beauty smells like

 

after the gulls

 

and the four winds

 

loving the memory of something

 

or

 

someone

 

on the coast and stomach-aching

 

dismal

 

you are the denominator

 

and i hate arithmetic

 

math

 

algebra

 

of all the nonsensical

 

i loath the formula that makes me think of you

 

it’s tested. tried.

 

tried tried tried tried tried.

 

and tried

 

it’s a formula that doesn’t let me have

 

anygoddamnedthing

 

and here

 

with the metronome heartbeat of god and water

 

and my mother

 

earth

 

the glare of alone

 

can blind

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paul-james-valhalla-clear
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May 28, 2013
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